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Othello Robot Playing Game With Color-Changing LEDs This Robot Plays Othello Without Flipping a Single Disc, Thanks to 64 Color-Changing LEDs

In Grade 11, maker Jeneus tried to write an Othello program in C++. It ended up buggy and the computer could only play random moves. Years later, with mechatronics skills, he turned that failure into Othellobot: a gantry robot that watches the board with a camera, picks its move and places clear tokens with a suction cup. The smart part is that it never flips a disc. Every cell has its own LED…